Usnea: Health Benefits 

In the Panhandle if Florida, on the coast, it actually grows on the ground!

Gee if I ever head out west I'll be sure to keep an eye out for that stuff

Usnea is prolific here in Nova Scotia. It makes me so happy to see it, to your point of it being an indicator of the air quality. I've made double-extract tincture and purple dye from it.

nice view

Hi from South Carolina.

There is a variety that grows in deep East Texas too .

Oh I need to put this on my task list to collect and tincture! 😊

I use it, heat infused in oil, and then make an antibiotic salve, similar to neosporin.

Guitar Zan !!

Grows "1 mm a year"? What?